Community College of Vermont selected to participate in NEBHE Developmental Math Demonstration Project

MONTPELIER, VT (01/21/2013)(readMedia)-- The Community College of Vermont (CCV) has been chosen by the New England Board of Higher Education to participate in its Developmental Math Demonstration Project.

"We're very excited to be given the opportunity to participate in the NEBHE program," CCV President Joyce Judy said. "We have many students who come to CCV with weak math skills. This program will give us the opportunity to examine new and innovative approaches for helping students gain the math skills they need to be successful in college and in the workforce."

NEBHE was awarded a $356,200 three-year grant from the Lumina Foundation to support a developmental mathematics demonstration project that provides a high-quality, low-cost instructional platform coupling Khan Academy and community college resources. The project will leverage Khan Academy's math content (conceptual videos, practice exercises and adaptive assessment environment) for community college students and faculty in various developmental education delivery models including flipped classrooms.

CCV is one of seven New England colleges chosen to participate in the program and the only Vermont college selected. NEBHE has awarded the school $15,000 to defray costs associated with implementing the program.

Between January 2013 and September 2015, CCV and the six other participating colleges will look at the impact the Khan technology-based resources have on student performance, the most and least effective implementations of the resources, what impacts can be attributed to the implementation of the Khan-based resources, and more. This data, along with demographic information, instructional approach, student grades, course enrollment patterns, and grades in subsequent math courses, will be reported back to NEBHE in accordance with the Family Education Right to Privacy Act (FERPA) and other state privacy requirements.